Many of the readers pay particular attention to the EUR/USD exchange rate. The fact that it rose so sharply yesterday and this morning could easily be interpreted as an effect of yesterday's ECB decision. But that would be a mistake, Commerzbank’s FX Head of FX and Commodity Research Ulrich Leuchtmann note.
USD short positions are likely to appear more attractive
“The EUR/USD movement since the evening before yesterday was exclusively USD weakness. EUR didn't move at all. I think the reason for the Greenback weakness is obvious: it is clear to everyone that a 50-basis-point move by the Fed next Wednesday is a serious possibility. Some market participants may have long perceived a 50 basis point move as an unlikely possibility.”
“Because the labor market is still not in as dramatic a situation as it usually is when the Fed makes major interest rate moves, because interest rate hikes are tricky during a presidential election campaign anyway, and a big one even more so, because the Fed is unlikely to share the market's extremely low inflation expectations, which are probably driven more by fears of recession than by cool economic analysis.”
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